Booth Babes, Rat Fashions, And Falling Asleep In The City That Never Sleeps: What We Learned At Nerdist This Week

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I’m going to have to keep this short because I’m not in the office. I’m on the road, in a hotel room in New York at the moment. I’ve just spent the entire day in a subterranean “conference center,” at a seminar on talk radio, which is something about which you’re not here to read, so I’ll spare you the details. But down there two floors below street level, cell phone service is close to nonexistent, the only Wi-Fi is of questionable provenance, and 3G, well, forget it. So I’ve been cut off from the outside world most of the day. Anything good happen?

I may not know if anything good happened today, but I do know that good things happened this week, not the least of which happened on Monday, when we had an announcement. This was the week that we were joined in holy partnership with GeekChicDaily.com, and I won’t repeat the whole thing other than to link to the thing here and note that it was a good way to start the week.

That wasn’t the only thing that happened here, though. Why, it almost seems like yesterday… or last Monday… (cue wavy F/X, eerie music):

1. Kyle reviewed the delayed-in-America “The Almost People” episode of That Show, which turned out to have a huge twist ending that… well, I’m not gonna spoil it for you, but it explains some seeming inconsistencies that fans have been wondering about. Not that the episode met with total approval, but it sets up some interesting scenarios.

2. Mindy called attention to “World Wide Knit in Public Day,” with examples including the main character from That Show, plus a TARDIS, which you wouldn’t think would lend itself to being knitted. Apparently, you can knit anything.

3. The podcast featured Seven of Nine herself, Jeri Ryan, who turned out to be very cool, very smart, and very funny. Jonah missed it, and Matt came in late. What were they thinking?

20. There was a Hostful Podcast, which I have yet to hear because I’m away. I trust it’s spectacular.

21. Matthew G and Becca caught up with Laurel Sprengelmeyer, a/k/a Little Scream, for an interview. Somehow, the talk turned to the Klingon prefix code.

So it was a good week, and in true Nerdist fashion, I ended it Friday evening with a nice big burrito, with chicken and beans and rice and cheese and salsa. Did I enjoy it? Why, yes, I did. Maybe not now, when it feels like I swallowed a bowling ball, but, yes, I did enjoy my burrito. Enjoy yours, and we’ll reconvene shortly.

I don’t like the whole concept of Booth Babes. I know it’s a “thing” at conventions and no one here has any control over it, but I wanted to express that. Everything doesn’t need scantily-clad women around it all the time.